Ramesh Bikal

{{Short description|Nepalese writer and activist}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name =  | honorific_suffix = | image = Ramesh Bikal.jpg | image_size =  | alt = | caption = Bikal in his youth | native_name = रमेश विकल | native_name_lang = ne | pronunciation = | birth_name = Rameshwor Prasad Chalise | birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|11|14}} | birth_place = Arubari, Kathmandu, Nepal | baptised =  | disappeared_date =  | disappeared_place = | disappeared_status = | death_date = {{Death date and age|2008|12|17|1928|11|14}} | death_place = Kathmandu | death_cause = | body_discovered = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates =  | burial_place =  | burial_coordinates =  | monuments = | other_names = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = Writer | years_active = | era = | employer = | organization = | agent =  | known_for = | notable_works = {{Plainlist| * ''Naya Sadak ko Geet'' * ''Abiral Bagdacha Indrawati''}} | style = | height =  | television = | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | movement = | opponents = | boards = | criminal_charge =  | criminal_penalty = | criminal_status = | spouse = Sushila | partner =  | children = | mother = Chhayadevi Chalise | father = Chandra Shekhar Chalise | relatives = | awards = Madan Puraskar | website =  | module = | module2 = | module3 = | module4 = | module5 = | module6 = | signature = | signature_size = | signature_alt = | footnotes = }} '''Rameshwor Sharma Chalise''' better known as Ramesh Bikal ({{langx|ne|रमेश बिकल}}) (born 1928, near Gokarna, Nepal in the Kathmandu Valley died 2008) was a Nepalese writer and painter who was known for his works portraying rural life and the lives of common people in Nepal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mediabd.com/newissue/view_details.php?country_id=3&entry_id=47&page=2|title=Litterature Ramesh Vikal (1928-2008)|last=Husain|first=Mosharaf|website=www.mediabd.com|access-date=2017-07-31}}</ref>

== Early life and education == He received a B.Ed. in 1960, and worked in education. His early stories had socialist and anti-establishment themes. As a result, he was imprisoned three times between 1949 and 1960. In more recent work, he has focused on sexual relations.<ref name = "hutt">''Himalayan Voices: An Introduction to Modern Nepali Literature'' (Voices from Asia), edited and translated by Michael J. Hutt, University of California Press, 1991. p. 244. {{ISBN|9780520910263}}</ref>

== Awards == Bikal was the first short story writer to be given the Madan Puraskar award.<ref name = "hutt"/> He received the Daulat Bikram Bista Aakhyan Samman Award in 2008 for six decades of contributions to fiction writing in Nepal.<ref>{{Cite web | title = Awards | work = Nepal Creative Writers' Society | accessdate = 2014-07-10 | url = http://www.nepalshrastasamaj.org.np/index.php?page=award }}</ref>

== Foundation == In tribute to his memory, Ramesh Vikal Literary Foundation has been established at Arubari, Gokarneshwor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://rameshbikal.org.np/|title=Ramesh Vikal Literary Foundation|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>

== Works == * ''Birano Deshma'' ("In an Empty Land"), 1959 * ''Naya Sadak ko Geet'' ("The Song of New Road"), 1962 * 13 Ramaila Kathaharu ("Thirteen Enjoyable Stories"), 1967 * Aaja Feri Arko Tanna Ferincha ("Today Yet Another Bedspread is Changed"), 1967 * Euta Budo Violin Aashawari ko Dhoon ma ("An Old Violin in the Ashāvari Tune"), 1968 * Agenāko Ḍilmā ("On the Edge of the Hearth"), 1968 * Urmilā Bhāujū ("Sister-in-Law Urmilā"), 1968 * 21 Ramālilā Kathāharū ("Twenty-one Enjoyable Stories"), 1968<ref name = "hutt" /> * Mangal Grahama Bigyan("Bigyan(Science) in Mars") * ''Abiral Bagdachha Indrawati'' ("Indrawati flows continuously")

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